SA Institute of Race Relations The Daily Friend Show

442 shootings in the Western Cape in 18 months: The crime blame game

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Today's Daily Friend Show with Nicholas Lorimer, Hermann Pretorius and Sholan Booysen. The team discusses the huge number of gang related shootings in the Western Cape, the writing off of R1,2 Billion in debt by an Eastern Cape Municipality and the horrible shooting in America.
16 May 2022 8AM English South Africa News Commentary · Politics

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